Crossbeam Displays ?World's Fastest VPN/Security Platform? at [...]

📅 September 10, 2001 - Crossbeam Systems, Inc.(crossbeamsys.com) together with Check Point Software Technologies (checkpoint.com) is delivering what thecompanies call the world's fastest VPN/securityplatform. The recently announced solution, composed ofthe market-leading Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1software running on the Crossbeam X40 platform hasalready been tested running at over 3Gbps and is basedon an architecture that scales to over 10Gbps ofsecurity performance from a single system. Check Pointand Crossbeam are displaying the solution for thefirst time at NetWorld+Interop (Sept. 11-13) as partof the Check Point Software OPSEC Partner Pavilion(booth #1212).

"We are excited to partner with Crossbeam to enablemulti-gigabit security solutions," said AsheemChandna, vice president of business development andproduct management for Check Point SoftwareTechnologies. "Check Point's market-leading softwarecombined with Crossbeam's carrier-class architectureprovides enterprise and service provider data centerswith an open, best-of-breed approach to deployingmulti-gigabit security."
Stephen Justus, president of Crossbeam Systems, said,"By eliminating security bottlenecks and delivering acompletely new, overlay solution we are enabling ourdata center customers to reduce costs, leverageexisting investments and build a foundation for newservices all at the same time."
Additionally, Crossbeam president Stephen Justus willbe a featured speaker at NetWorld+Interop in a sessionentitled "The New Web Switch," addressing the securitybottlenecks in data centers. The session will be onThursday, Sept. 13, 2001; 11:30am - 12:30pm; westhall, room 257W.